Mark Martin: Driven to Race [Paperback]

Bob Zeller (Author), Mark Martin (Foreword), Tom Morgan (Designer)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1997

This is Mark's revealing story of the incredible obstacles and hardships he faced on his way to the top in NASCAR. Told through exclusive interviews and illustrated with family photographs, this book now has a poignant significance because it describes in their own words the intense and close relationship between Mark and his father, Julian, who was tragically killed in a plane accident in 1998.

Product Details

• Paperback: 159 pages
• Publisher: David Bull Publishing (August 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0964972239
• ISBN-13: 978-0964972230
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 9 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #685,791 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Outstanding cronology of the racing career of Mark Martin., February 17, 1999

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Dave Strader [e-mail] (Bolivar, Missouri) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mark Martin: Driven to Race (Paperback)

This book is an insightful look into the life of Mark Martin. Certainly a must read for any Martin fan or fan of motorsports. It takes a special mix of natural talent, desire and tenacity to achieve the pinnacle of success as a NASCAR Winston Cup Driver and "Driven To Race" gives you a forthright look into how he was molded by his father, other racers and most of all lifes experiences to become the gutsy, gritty competitor that he is today. Nothing is held back and you won't be able to lay it down until you are finished.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Subject -- Well Researched -- Nicely Displayed, August 17, 2002

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Ms. Tracy L. Winchell (Fort Smith, AR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mark Martin: Driven to Race (Paperback)

Race car fans, Mark Martin fans, Arkansans. This is an awesome book! It's a mini-biography about a fella from Arkansas who is determined to win! It's a look at what makes a race car driver tick, and how addicting the sport can be. Mark even says that winning is just like a drug -- it's addictive.

I'm quite proud of this book and I'm proud that Mark Martin and I share the same home town. Batesville, Arkansas.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It could have been so much better!, November 19, 1998

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[e-mail] (Brookfield, Ct, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mark Martin: Driven to Race (Paperback)

Mark Martin is an excellent race car driver and the consumate professional. This book goes where few other "biographies" of NASCAR stars has ever gone. Controversial subjects such as alcohol abuse, family problems, etc. are brought out. The book starts to go where few of this ilk have ever gone - a no bull look at what makes a man do what he does and the demons that can bedevil him as he does it. BUT, there is the problem. This book only mentions the controversial, the truth about family life, the happiness and hurt of growing up to be a star in NASCAR. If the volume had gone into more detail, not voyeurism, but honest writing it would have been an original book that might have done more to legitimize stock car drivers as diverse and complicated people. The photos are good and the subject is well worth the effort and time a reader would spend learning about Mark Martin. It is just sad that it could have been so much more. Tom Wolfe wrote about Junior Johnson and put NASCAR on the literary map - this book could have updated that work and made the grade as a "stand on its own merits" work that readers from all walks of life could enjoy. I feel the book is worth every penny and hope it is successful enough that Bob Zeller will write more about people and what makes them human beings - along with being a Sunday driver who happens to travel at 180 MPH as his profession.